Mr. Robert William Whaley

Robert William Whaley (c. 1884 – 1952), 31, was a British subject and electrician from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, traveling aboard Lusitania in second cabin. He seems to have been one of the survivors pulled into lifeboat 15 immediately after the liner sank: I was in the deck smoke room when the first torpedo struck …

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Wanderer (Peel 11)

Image courtesy Roy Baker, Curator of the Leece Museum, Isle of Man Wanderer PL11 (Peel 11) was a sail-powered fishing boat from in Peel, Isle of Man, that was fishing off the coast of Ireland when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on Friday, 7 May 1915. Wanderer was the first rescue vessel on the scene …

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Mr. Robert Anderson Mackenzie

Robert Mackenzie, 40, was a fish and poultry merchant from Dublin, Ireland, traveling third class aboard Lusitania. He was in his cabin when the ship was torpedoed. He saw many lifeboats swamp and helped load some lifeboats. The lifeboat he escaped in matches the description of lifeboat 15. Mackenzie survived the Lusitania sinking but was killed …

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